December 2025 in “FEBS Open Bio” In this study, fibroblasts from long-term skin biopsy cultures retained their ability to reprogram into induced pluripotent stem cells after 16 months, despite undergoing transcriptional changes and decreased proliferation rates over successive generations.
This study developed and validated an optimized culture method for dermal papilla cells, leading to the establishment of an immortalized cell strain called iDP6, which resembles primary DP cells in key characteristics.
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August 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that Muse cells retained their pluripotency and ability to differentiate into various cell types even after being cryopreserved multiple times.
January 2011 in “The Chinese Journal of Dermatovenereology” In this study, DPC-hTERT cells were shown to induce hair follicle-like structures expressing specific keratin when co-injected with epithelial cells into nude mice.
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July 2025 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This research discusses the shift in cosmetic dermatology towards integrating regenerative medicine, AI, and personalized care, highlighting their potential to improve aesthetic outcomes and skin function while considering ethical and regulatory challenges.
10 citations
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May 2018 in “Forensic Science International” This study concluded that the process of mummification disfigures facial features, making identification challenging, but commercial shrunken heads retain more defining features compared to ceremonial ones.
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August 1995 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” July 2024 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Bioengineered skin models aging well, useful for studying aging and testing treatments.
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January 2000 in “Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology” This research found that immobilizing type I atelocollagen onto artificial hair significantly improved the adhesion and long-term fixation of the hairs in the human scalp, indicating high biosafety and enhanced tissue integration.
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December 2012 in “NMR in Biomedicine” This study reports that microencapsulation of therapeutic cells with contrast agents enables visualization across multiple imaging modalities, potentially improving cellular immunoprotection and tracking after transplantation.
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September 2013 in “Technology” This study introduces a new multimodal imaging technology to visualize and quantify cell dynamics in natural skin over long durations, demonstrated in GFP bone marrow-transplanted mice, to study dynamic skin regeneration.
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October 1993 in “British Journal of Dermatology” In this study, isolated human hair follicles maintained prolonged growth and consistent DNA and keratin synthesis patterns in a fully defined medium for at least 9 days while preserving in vivo-like morphology.
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February 2019 in “Scientific Reports” This article describes the immunofluorescence tomography method to achieve high-resolution 3-D reconstruction of epithelial tissues and reports no clinical results.
22 citations
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December 1998 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study found that preserving hair micrografts in an enriched storage medium for five hours significantly increased their survival rate compared to those stored in saline.
June 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This research outlines an innovative bioregeneration chamber aimed at significantly extending human lifespan and enhancing health maintenance by treating the body as a thermodynamic system, potentially enabling an average lifespan of 130 to 150 years in an advanced therapeutic setting.
5 citations
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January 2019 in “Methods in molecular biology” In this study, researchers showed that multiphoton microscopy with fluorescent protein tagging enables single-cell imaging and tracking in live transgenic mice, offering new insights into cell dynamics in stem cell research compared to traditional histological methods.
November 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study reported that an ex vivo organ culture system effectively induced aging-related changes in healthy human skin, allowing testing of senolytics like tretinoin, resveratrol, and caffeine.
375 citations
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June 2013 in “Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research” This review examines the process of cornification as a mode of programmed cell death and outlines how keratinocytes activate anti-cell death mechanisms to maintain epidermal homeostasis, but reports no new results.
7 citations
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March 2018 in “Development” This review highlights how in vivo imaging can explore biological processes related to stem cell activity, behavior, and control, but it reports no new clinical results.
13 citations
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October 2021 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” In this study, an immortalized MSC line from human adipose tissue showed potential for applications in regenerative medicine and inflammatory diseases through production of active factors, demonstrated in vitro.
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September 2024 in “Cosmetics” This study found that permanent makeup pigments were applied at similar depths as traditional tattoo inks in mice but faded over time due to larger inorganic pigments.
16 citations
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November 2017 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study proposes a model describing the transformation process from living to dead cells during early hair formation, highlighting the stepwise degradation of cellular functions.
6 citations
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March 2019 in “Dermatologic surgery” This study found that storing hair follicle grafts in chilled ATPv-supplemented saline was most effective for preserving trichogenic gene expression, compared to other storage solutions and temperatures.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study presents a new long-term 3D skin model using cells from mature donor skin, showing significant features of skin aging, such as decreased cellular proliferation and hyaluronan content.
4 citations
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January 2016 in “Advances in experimental medicine and biology” This study established that cryopreservation methods can maintain the pluripotency and hair growth potential of hair follicle-associated pluripotent stem cells, enabling potential applications in regenerative medicine and hair transplantation.
2 citations
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May 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that stem cells can temporarily act as non-professional phagocytes during hair cycle regeneration by clearing apoptotic cells through a process requiring local lipids and retinoids for activation, providing insights into their dual role in maintaining tissue integrity.
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April 2008 in “Pediatric Research”
January 2004 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study found that storing hair micrografts in DMEM with apoptotic cell death inhibitors improved in vitro hair shaft elongation and reduced apoptosis, potentially enhancing micrograft transplantation outcomes.
December 2024 in “Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy” In this study published in Nature, researchers explored how hair follicle stem cells manage apoptotic cell clearance while maintaining their regenerative roles, identifying significant molecules involved in sensing and engulfing dying cells to sustain tissue health.
June 2018 in “SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository” This article discusses the potential impact of biomedical innovations in aging biology on extending human lifespan and highlights both the pharmaceutical industry's investment in such innovations and the potential implications for pension systems, reporting no new results.